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Fortier and Bryan Williams, the incoming president of the BC Branch. The amendments removed the language calling for the CBA to support national unity and to reject provincial separatism. Instead, the resolution called on the CBA to create a
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Russian energy company, and the government of Russia. The shareholders argued that the Russian government had improperly expropriated the company, allegedly to satisfy unpaid back-taxes. The arbitration was argued under
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Supreme Court, which is politically neutral: "It is ill conceived, however, to add an imposing sculpture signalling a
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strong political message, controversial or not, literally in the face of the very institution which is the final arbiter in Canada of disputes involving Canadians, the federal and provincial governments, and foreign litigants."
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you will have never learned law in English either.") Fortier applied to McGill and was accepted, and then successfully persuaded the McGill faculty that he should be able to sit his examinations in French. He graduated with a
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awards set aside. In 2016, the District Court ruled that the panel did not have jurisdiction under the Energy Charter Treaty, and set aside the award. It is now under appeal to The Hague Court of Appeal for a full
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889:Minister of Justice
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673:Hockey Hall of Fame
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388:Bachelor of Letters
330:from 1982 to 1983.
192:Robert H. McKercher
1984:, January 7, 2009.
1893:The Globe and Mail
1829:The Globe and Mail
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1565:Andrew E. Kramer,
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